Sunday, October 23, 2005

Kiss Me Hardy

October 22nd, 2005.

Last night my friends John & Judy hosted a dinner to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. It was a great evening, everyone had a lovely time and went to the effort to dress up and get into the spirit of the occasion.

(The flash on my camera is a little harsh, so none of pics turned out all that well. However, here is a little sampling to give you an idea of what the night was like even though the quality isn't great.)

The motley crew of the HMS Victory. 22nd October, 2005.

I learnt that 19th C food is for the most part very nice, and 19th C ideas of what passes for 'cocktails' are for the mostl part bad... and lethal. After dinner we played Trafalgar Trivia, which turned out to be very hard, but as extra points were given for creative and outlandish answers (my specialty) I at least won a couple of prizes. I now own one very cool pirate eyepatch.

A bunch of handsome sailors. 22nd October, 2005.

The 'Three Graces' (and One Munchkin). 22nd October, 2005.

That look on my face, yes that one in the pic above, that there is my special 'photo face'. It's the look of a man who hates having his photo taken. However, I know that I would get into all sorts of trouble if I left myself out of all the pictures, so there it is. *sigh*

As I said, it was a fun night, and I spent all afternoon helping Judy cook and prepare and then serve the dinner, so it was nice to see evryone enjoy themselves so much. Good times.

Hellooo sailor!. You indeed look quite dashing, sweetie darling sweetie. The costume is amazing, I stand in absolute and complete awe of your Jenome skills. Of course I also happen to think that you are insane, but your skill is undoubted.

You do realise, though, don't you, that I am doing my utmost best here to now refrain from making a camp seamen comment...

[Attempting to think un-gay thoughts, attempting to think un-gay thoughts, attempting to think un-gay thoughts]. Oh damn it all, who am I kidding? I'm so gay that I can't even think straight!

Thanks guys! I didn't get a full length pic of the coat on my camera unfortunately, the back is tails and looks really cool. Judy took a couple of full length pics on her camera, and I'll probably wear the same thing for Halloween, so I might (suffer to) get a better pic then. Thanks for the compliments. Some of the costumes people are wearing were hire ones from the ABC (tv station), and were really nice.

The look I'm pulling in the last picture is partly because I'm saying "No, you have to press the big button firmly..."

Thanks! You can't see it that well in the pic but the pants have that strange 'fall front' flap thing going on with buttons up each side. Quite comfortable, and (*cough*package enhancing*cough*) flattering.

This is the blog of a 47 year old gay guy in Sydney, Australia. I'm short on stature, but big on ideas. Spending much of my time looking at life through a slightly twisted lens, attempting to unscrew the inscrutible.